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Messages to our registrants from our Council and Chief Executive during the Coronavirus pandemic

With the publication of the revised standards of conduct, performance and ethics (‘the standards’) coming soon, you are no doubt wondering what you can do to support your HCPC registrants with embedding them into everyday practice. We're here to help! 

Professional bodies typically promote the profession, represent their members and provide curriculum frameworks, training and CPD.

We have significantly expanded the role of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), placing specific importance on making sure that practice is inclusive for all service users. This is one theme within the key changes to the updated standards of proficiency for all professions. 

We are seeking the views of our stakeholders on our proposal to amend our Rules to give us the express power to hold hearings remotely.

Legal Assessors are legally qualified and provide advice to panels of the HCPC’s statutory committees and Council on questions of law

This paper presents highlights from our year in registration survey 2022 (formerly known as the new graduate survey), which seeks the views of those who have been HCPC-registered for a year about their education and training programme, how this prepared them to practice, and the first year in employment. 

It is important that you get the service user’s permission, or ‘consent’, before you share or disclose their information or use it for reasons which are not related to the care or services you provide for them

HCPC Policy Manager Tom Miller explains the proposals we are making and why it is especially important to hear from employers and managers of HCPC registrants, who have experience of how the current arrangements are working.

Info on joining the Register, renewals, international applicants, period of adaptation and returning to practice

For those who practised as part of the COVID-19 recovery, our returning to practice processes will take into account any impact this may have had on the wider healthcare workforce.

For those who qualified more than five years ago and have been practising outside of the UK since qualifying

The Council has overall responsibility for protecting people using registrants' services

The regulatory documents, policies and procedures that govern how we operate